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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

2004

2h 18m

7.3(56 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.

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Production Companies

Toho Pictures

TOHO

TBS

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

Shogakukan

Stardust Pictures

MBS

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Takao Osawa

Takao Osawa

Sakutaro Matsumoto

Ko Shibasaki

Ko Shibasaki

Ritsuko Fujimura

Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Aki Hirose

Mirai Moriyama

Mirai Moriyama

Young Sakutaro Matsumoto

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Shigezou Matsumoto

Kankuro Kudo

Kankuro Kudo

Ryunosuke Oki

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Johnny

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Young Ryunosuke

Rio Kanno

Rio Kanno

Young Ritsuko

Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Aki's Father

Creative team

Directed by: Isao Yukisada
Written by: Yuji Sakamoto
Chihiro Ito
Produced by: Minami Ichikawa
Kei Haruna

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